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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 67

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INSCRIPTIONS    ON    TOMBSTONES    IN    NEW    HAVEN.
531
406
[IFesf  iVall.'l
HERE
LIES  THE
BODY    OF  M'^
JOHN   HVDSON
JUN--  DECEASED
FEB--   Y''  14"^  1721
AGED  27  YEARS
407
[West  Wa/l.]
To  the  Memory  of
Mifs  NANCY  HOLMES
Daughter  of
Mr  Eliphalet  &  Mrs  Anne   Holmes
of  Eaft  Haddam
Who  deceafed  Auguft  31-'*^  I795.
in  the  15"^  Year  of  her  Age
who  died  in  N.  Haven
on  the  8  of  July  1S24.
.-E.  87.
Also  of
TAMER
his  wife  who  died  at  Montreal
Lower  Canada  on  the  11.
Oct.  177S  JE  30
Oh  then  we  love  decays  we  die  in  part
Slings  after  stings  is  severed  from  the
[heart
410
IJl'c'st  ll'a//.]
HERE   LYES  Y''  BODY   OF
ENSIGNE  ELIEZER  HOLT
DIED  JUNE  Y"  24  1736
IN    Y"  86<i'   YEAR  OF
HIS  AGE
408
[IFc-si  IValL]
In  Memory  of
M"'  Gershom   Holmes
Mer'  Son  of  Samuel  &
HuLDAH  Holmes  of  the
County  of  Monmouth
in  the  State  of  Nevvjerf-
-ey  who  died  at  Sea  on
His  paffage  from  the
weft  Indeis  July  3''  1784
&  was  Intered  here  the
Day  following  aged
33  Years
409        [Spruce  A  v.,  Lot  19.]
Sacred
to  the  memory  of
Col  James  Holmes
411
[]Vest  JVa//.]
HERE
LIES  THE
BODY  OF   TABITHA
THE  WIFE  OF
EN*  ELEAZER  HOLT
WHO   DIED
AUGUST  Y^^   18"'  1725
AGED  71   YEARS
412
[IFesf  Wall:]
ELIZABETH    HOLT
AGED  42  DECEASE>i
JANVARY  30
1680
**^  Son  of  John  (No.  403);  b.  Feb.  3,  1694-5;  died  unmarried.
■*"■'  The  footstone  is  under  Center  Church.
^^  "He  had  resided  in  the  Island  of  St.  Crcix  for  several  years,  and  on  a
decline  of  health  was  returning  to  his  native  country."
^'^  Son  of  VVm.  and  Sarah;  b.  Apr.  5,  1651;  m.,  Nov.  5,  1674.  Tabitha
Thomas.  ■*"  Dau.  of  John  and  Tabiilia  Thomas;  i>.  Dec.  18,  1653.
^'■^  Probably  sister  of  No.  410.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0067. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 67. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n67/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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